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Then Balaam recited his poem:

From Aram[a] Balak has led me here,
    Moab’s king, from the mountains of Qedem:(A)
“Come, curse for me Jacob,
    come, denounce Israel.”

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Footnotes

  1. 23:7 Aram: the ancient name of the region later known as Syria. The mountains of Qedem: Qedem is the name for a region in northern Syria. Qedem also means “eastern.” Perhaps this designates the low ranges in the Syrian desert. The “mountains of old” is also a possible translation.